amanda worcester 0 Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 Charity lurcher show on Sun 16th August at Nill Farm, Hook Norton, Banbury Oxon OX15 5DQ This year we are supporting Evesham Greyhound & Lurcher Rescue, hopefully they will have a stall again at the show Also Katharine House Hospice & National Playing Fields, the latter chosen by Angus Irvine who owns the land where the show is held The day will start with straight racing, entries taken from 08.15 1st race 09.00 Races for puppies, under 21", 21-23" over 23" £2.00 per dog Pure breed whippet straight racing Hurdle racing 16 dog stake £1.00 per dog Then the fun stuff Speed Jump relay..............owner or helper & dog competing, open to any breed £1.00 per entry Owners run on the flat, we were going to make them jump as well as the dogs but need the fences for the dogs to jump afterwards. Timing begins when runner crosses start line, on completion of the run, the dogs are released over the jumps, timing stops when the dog crosses the finsh line. If anyone has enough energy we have a Fun Scurry, divided into 2 categories 1.Lurchers 2.Any other breed £1.00 per go 2 minutes to retrieve as many items as possible, will include dummies, balls, soft toys etc Each item will have a points value, highest score wins so even the slower dogs have a chance to win. All the field events winners & runners up will get champion & reserve rosettes with trophies, rosettes for 3rd & 4th place. Showing qualifiers for........ CHATSWORTH 2009, PRIDE OF THE PEAKS 2009, WELSH VALLEYS 2009 ) Showing to start at 13.00 approx £1.00 per class Rosettes to 4th place all 3 rings 25 classes in total. 1st class will be working lurcher, independant judge as it's a qualifier for Earth Dog Running Dog final 2010, trophy to the winner 2 childhandling classes............under 10years old 10-15years old trophy to each class winner Main showing then begins in rings 1 & 2 with the puppy classes Champion & reserve rosettes & trophies for puppies & open show winner & runner up Ring 3 Classes 13-17 will be for purebreed sighthounds, ie whippets, greyhounds, salukis etc (not going to list them all ) 13.Puppies 14.Dog/Bitch 15.Rescue 16.Veteran 7years & over 17.Pairs, mix/match Classes 18-22 lurchers only 18.under 6month pup (dog/bitch rough/smooth) 19.Sapling 12-18 months 20.Rescue 21.Veteran 22.Pairs mix/match "Special" Championship for all class winners in Ring 3 (excluding the pairs) for champion & reserve, rosette & trophy to the winners. Entries to all events taken on the day, racing & hurdles entries in the secretary's tent only. Speed jump relay & scurry entries taken at the start. We'll try to do some fun runs for any type of dog if time/weather allows. All proceeds to go to the above charities. Spectators welcome especially if you're spending money we have a tombola, raffle, dogboard to help part you from you're hard earned cash Entrance to show £1.00 per person, children free If you need more contacts you can email togdog5@aol.com or plizpickering@btinternet.com Tel nos. either 01608 684321 or 01608 737434 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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iamduvern 62 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Good day out shame about the hurdle racing when some dogs were not completing the run then being given a second or even a third run whislt others were disqualified and also the matching of whippets against much larger dogs and then getting knocked about Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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